Ellington Township has lower unemployment (0.2%) than 98% of U.S. towns
8% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois. Jobs and income earn Ellington Township A; getting around on foot earns it D−. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ellington Township
Ellington Township fills up on a workday
Ellington Township has 4,951 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,300 people are in town, more than double the 2,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Much of Ellington Township works one town over
52% of working residents work in a town that borders Ellington Township: Quincy (49%) and Melrose Township (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Ellington Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Ellington Township makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Ellington Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ellington Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Most Ellington Township residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Ellington Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ellington Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #144 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Ellington Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ellington Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Ellington Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,253 residents head out to work, 162 work right here, and 4,789 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Ellington Township on a workday afternoon, 130% more than live here.
3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Ellington Township, about 15 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,243 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Ellington Township, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
4,951 jobs are based in Ellington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellington Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,849 → 4,951. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Ellington Township to work
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who travels to work in Ellington Township, and from where
Where Ellington Township clocks in
49% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Driving is how Ellington Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellington Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #764 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Ellington Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,349 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Ellington Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ellington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ellington Township next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700: 444th of 4,969 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 442 | Center Point IA | 2,572 | $95K | 5.1% | 1.0% | 7% | A |
| 443 | Salado TX | 2,565 | $108K | 4.3% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 444 | Ellington Township IL | 2,719 | $106K | 5.4% | 0.2% | 11% | A |
| 445 | Albion WI | 2,007 | $108K | 5.2% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 446 | Madera Ranchos CA | 3,037 | $127K | 10.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ellington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
52% of Ellington Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Quincy (49%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington Township | – | A | D− | 15 min | $105,901 |
| Quincy | 49% | C | A− | 14 min | $56,480 |
| Quincy Township | under 1% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Gilmer Township | under 1% | B+ | D− | 28 min | $84,662 |
| Riverside Township | under 1% | B | C | 13 min | $80,859 |
| Melrose Township | 3% | B | D | 16 min | $84,464 |
| Fowler | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Quincy Township: not graded. Fowler: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ellington Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ellington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ellington Township?
$105,901 (±$8,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellington Township?
5.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellington Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellington Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (49%, 5 mi), Melrose Township (3%, 8 mi), Springfield (3%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellington Township walkable?
Ellington Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellington Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.